How Long Does It Take For The Hiv Virus To Show Up In Blood

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How long HIV virus survive in a Dead Human body

QUESTION #1: Respected Sir, I want to know, How long HIV virus survive in a dead human body as soon as a person dies. How to handle the dead body which is infected with HIV? How to wrap? What sort of precaution should be taken in this regard?...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Hi. Thank you for your questions.When a person dies, HIV will not "die" immediately after death. This is because there is a large quantity of blood in the body, and it takes time for the conditions inside the body to change to an unlivable... Read more »

white blood virus

HI DR. Bobalways i like to share my thoughts with u in your forum , simply because Iam one(of many)of your admirers even i get more information and facts from u than my HIV specialist by the way iam living in PRAGUE- CZECH REPUBLIC ,and actually I...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi Male HIVer,Thanks for your thanks and your kind words.By the way, Prague is one of my favorite cities in the world!Be well. Stay well.Dr. Bob... Read more »

Late Seroconversion and Virus in blood

Dr. Mark, I have done quite a bit of research on late seroconverters. It seems that the theory on these cases is that, rather than the virus being in the bloodstream for a long time; it is instead in an "eclipse phase" and bascially...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

I am still waiting to see those documented cases of late seroconversion. Your theory is only partially correct. Actually virus gets processed first within lymph nodes where it is recognized by the immune system as foreign and cytotoxic t cells... Read more »

survival of the HIV/AIDS virus in air

i need to know how long the HIV/AIDS virus can survive outside the human body,particularly fromm blood spills...

Response from Nancy Breuer

WorkPositive, Inc.

Your best resource for this question is the transmission section of this website, where this question has been dealt with exhaustively. Read and learn!... Read more »

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gays can give blood long they are neg after expose

Posted by nomoreworry4me

Response from Mr. Sowadsky

Hi. Thank you for your question. Actually, this is an extremely controversial issue.

If you look at CDC and FDA guidelines, a man who has had sex with another man (since 1977) is excluded from donating blood, organs, and... Read more »

Normal Blood Test - Would the virus show up?

Posted by Anonymous

I am worried that I may have contracted HIV and have yet to go to a clinic for a test. However, a few days ago I went for a blood test because I have been feeling tired for over a year now. My question is this. Could the virus show up on the blood... Read more »

ACNE BLOOD HIV TESTING OKAY?

Posted by WorriedinVegas

I recently sent in a blood sample for hiv-1 testing to HOME ACCESS. I got the blood for the sample from a scabbed acne, which I picked. It was more than enough blood to fill up the circle, but I have had the acne for a long time, before my possible... Read more »

HIV in dry blood

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Does anyone have an idea how long HIV can live outside of the body in blood? Is it 5 min? Is it one hr?

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